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14:50 | By the Grace of God (Grâce à Dieu) |
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Drama. France, Belgium 2018, 173 min. Directed by François Ozon. Starring: Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, Swann Arlaud. In French with Russian subtitles. Three men who were sexually abused by the same priest when they were children demand a change in the French church's refusal to acknowledge in its complicity with sexual abuse. They battle scepticism and resistance from their own family members to prevent the priest responsible for their abuse from continuing to work with children.
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11:40, 21:45. Drama, History, Thriller. USA, Australia, India 2018, 123 min. Directed by Anthony Maras. Starring: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi. In English with Russian subtitles. This film, based on a true story, tells about the capture of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel by a group of terrorists from 26-29 November 2008. In these nightmarish days, full of fear, resistance, and a fight for survival, several human fates are brought together at a single point. A chef and a waiter at the hotel risk their lives to protect the guests. A young American couple is forced to make unimaginable sacrifices to save their newborn baby. While the world observes, this hotel that had been a symbol of luxury and comfort becomes a fortress under siege, and an unbelievable story about humanity and heroism unfolds.
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17:30 | Italian Best Shorts: Italian Fantasies |
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Almanac. Italy 2018, 86 min. Directed by Massimo Loi, Gianluca Mangiasciutta, Elia Bei, Luca Arcidiacono, Paolo Geremei, Giulio Mastromauro, Lorenzo di Nola, Laura Luchetti. In Italian with Russian subtitles. Best Shorts, we have collected seven of the best short comedies and melodramas, all participants in and winners of Italian and international film festivals. Chance acquaintance, an amazing Moroccan adventure, a life-changing meeting, a surprising animated wedding and even contact with aliens: these small stories make an impression on everyone, making you rejoice, be sad, dream, love, and laugh together with their characters.
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09:20, 00:20. Documentary. USA 2018, 117 min. Directed by Tom O’Dell. In English with Russian subtitles. This is the story of how superheroes from Tim Burton's prototype blockbuster Batman, Blade, X-Men, Spiderman to Iron Man and the Black Panther brought to life from the pages of comic books, first took over Hollywood and then conquered the world through action films with larger-than-life characters.
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19:05 | The Sacrifice (Offret) |
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Drama. UK, France, Sweden 1968, 149 min. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall. In Swedish, French, English with Russian subtitles. Alexander, a journalist and former actor and philosopher, tells his little son how worried he is about the lack of spirituality of modern mankind. In the night of his birthday, the third world war breaks out. In his despair Alexander turns himself in a prayer to God, offering him everything to have the war not happen at all. "The Sacrifice" was Tarkovsky's third film as a Soviet expatriate, after "Nostalghia" and the documentary "Voyage in Time", and was also his last, as he died shortly after its completion. Like 1972's "Solaris", it won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
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